Today, almost everyone is trying to start a business. However, not everyone succeeds. Often, competitors do not allow them to break into a large market, or the occupation is not to their liking. Have you considered breeding worms at home as a business? Not? Then this material is for you.

Which worms are better to choose

First of all, remember that breeding such animals does not require selection by breed. For starters, you can use the local variety. For example, dung worms, the breeding of which does not require special expenses, perfectly adapt to life in nurseries. Such individuals begin to breed much faster. The first conclusion follows: collecting worms is best on their own. The simplest of them are rain. Breeding worms as a business in this situation does not require large expenses.

Where to get the worms

If you decide to start breeding worms as a business, then you should collect them. To do this, dig a shallow hole and place some rotting leaves or manure in it. Be sure to moisten the filler. The main thing - do not overdo it. After that, simply cover the hole with a board or a layer of cardboard. A week later, the first tenants will appear in your “house”. Transfer to a box of individuals along with the soil in which they lived. For worm farming to be profitable as a business, at least one kilogram of invertebrate is required per square meter. This is about 1000 individuals.

Choose a room

When you have collected the worms, you need to consider the place where they will live. For their breeding does not require a specially equipped room. It is important that its area matches your desires. Of course, it is best to breed California worms (or any other) in a heated building. For these purposes, a garage or cellar is perfect. If you are going to raise your pets in a regular barn, then get ready for the fact that a decrease in air temperature to 4 ° C will affect the activity of the worms. They just hibernate. In this case, you will have to forget about breeding worms in the winter. If you want to do this throughout the year, then you should take care of heating and, of course, a large farm. After all, the number of individuals will grow. For example, on large farms, where the cultivation of dendrobene worms is considered as a business, their number can reach 100 thousand or more.

Special nursery boxes

Breeding a California worm as a business is not a big hassle. The main thing is to create optimal conditions for its reproduction. It is best to keep worms in special nursery boxes. You can make them yourself. At the same time, remember that everyone needs a box of certain sizes. In such nurseries, conditions are created as comfortable as possible for invertebrates. Boxes can be made of plastic or wood.

Tree nursery

To make it you need boards. Their thickness should be 25 millimeters. If you are breeding an earthworm, then you better make a nursery box that meets the following parameters: 100X20X50 centimeters. When the box is ready, turn it over and drill holes in the bottom. After that, install the box on the bars so that it stands at a slight slope. It is necessary that the valuable liquid ("worm tea" - the product of the vital activity of these animals) gently flows. Cover all seams and corners with tin tape. This will prevent the penetration of rodents into the nursery. Do not forget about the roof. You can just make it from the boards. If not, you can use a sheet of plywood. Make holes in the roof without fail. They are necessary for normal air circulation.

Plastic container

If you have achieved positive results, and breeding California worms as a business brings you income, then you can purchase special containers made of plastic. You should not buy such products if you are just starting out. Since such acquisitions are quite expensive. Agree, if you don’t like breeding or ordinary rainbows, then such a purchase will be in vain for you, and you will throw your money away.

If you nevertheless purchased such nursery boxes, then first make holes in them. After all, such containers are completely airtight. Make holes in the roof and on the sides. In addition, there should be a hole for the drain of valuable liquid.

Old fridge

As a nursery, you can use an old refrigerator. To do this, install it with the door up and delete all contents. You do not need it. Make holes in the walls of the refrigerator and on the door. Install it on the bars so that it is tilted. Do not forget to make a hole in the bottom so that the liquid drains.

Cardboard boxes

If you have just started doing this business, and raising an earthworm is something new for you, then you can use cardboard boxes as nurseries. Their sizes should be approximately 40 to 30 centimeters or more. Cardboard is an environmentally friendly material that passes air well and is often used by worms as food. The only minus of such a nursery is its short service life. If the box is damp and begins to fall apart, then you can put it in another.

Discover the secrets of the worm business

Recently, many have been attracted to the cultivation of worms. As a business, this business is quite profitable, if you approach it correctly. In order not to burn out, you should know some simple secrets. First of all, it is necessary to take into account the peculiarities of the natural habitat of the worms, in what soil they live, what they eat. Their "house" can be divided into three floors. At the top, the worms feed on the organic debris of animals and plants. In the lower tier of habitat, the product of their vital activity accumulates, in another way - humus, as well as liquid, which many call "worm tea." Between these "floors" your pets will feel most comfortable and basically will be there. It is important to fill the nursery correctly. Then the worms will multiply well and increase your profits.

How to fill the nursery correctly

If you consider worm breeding as a business, then first of all you should carefully study all the nuances of such an activity. Many novice breeders make many mistakes, the first of which is the incorrect filling of nurseries. How to do it competently?

Half prepared container half fill with humus. If desired, you can mix it with shredded cardboard or pieces of newspaper. Be sure to moisten the finished mixture. However, do this with caution. If, during compression, the lump does not leak free moisture from it, then you did everything right. Do not immediately populate the worms. The filler from compost for the first few days will release a substance such as ammonia. When it has completely evaporated, you can start settling the nursery.

Make a hole in the prepared filler and lay out part of the soil with worms in it. Carefully level this place, moisten and cover with a piece of cardboard. For several days, do not disturb residents. They must adapt to a new habitat.

If the worms crawled around the nursery, this is the first sign that acclimatization was successful. Then you can make feed. Remember, the place where the worms breed must be calm and quiet. Therefore, install the nursery where there is no strong vibration and noise.

Soil moisture

It is necessary to moisten the nursery soil regularly. However, do not go too far. Remember, breathe skin. This explains the fact that they crawl to the surface of the soil during rain. They just need it to saturate their body with oxygen. If the ground is too wet, your pets will simply die.

What and how to feed?

Business does not require special expenses. This also applies to their feed. You need to create a bunch of compost. For these purposes, manure, grass, leaves, tea leaves, coffee grounds, egg shells, vegetable and fruit peelings are perfect. Do not throw cat and dog waste products, manure into the compost heap, if the animals underwent treatment from worms, peeling onions, garlic, citrus peels, fats, oils, dairy products, meat and fish waste.

When the food is ready, lay it in a small layer - 10 centimeters thick. You need to feed the worms every 7 days. To determine your pet’s satiety level, you can use a piece of newspaper or regular toilet paper. Lay it on top of the feed and moisten it a little. If the worms began to eat this paper, then it's time to feed them and put a new layer of compost.

How are worms propagated?

Earthworms can begin to produce offspring at the age of 2-3 months. For 4 months they lay cocoons. They ripen within a few weeks. From one such cocoon no more than 20 individuals emerge, which after 2 months already begin to actively breed. An exception is the prospector worm, breeding of which is a more complex process. If you count, then after about six months the number of pets in one box will increase by 50 times. Remember, if there are 50 already adult individuals per liter of soil, then urgently you need to either sell them or plant them in new nurseries. Otherwise, their reproduction will cease naturally.

How to make a profit

Sort the worms every 5 months. To do this, carefully remove the topsoil and remove the soil where your pets live from the nursery. After that, you can remove the layer of humus. Send small worms back to the nursery, and adults - either for the further expansion of your enterprise, or for sale.

You can sell the goods in the form of bait for fishing, in the pet store as feed. Such goods are in demand by fish farms. You can sell not only invertebrates, but also worm tea and humus. Recent products are in demand among summer residents.

To collect worm tea, you specially made a hole in the bottom of the nursery and drain. This product is very valuable as an environmentally friendly and natural fertilizer. As you can see, there are a lot of opportunities to earn on breeding worms. The main thing is to know the right approach.

Breeding worms as a business is a great way to generate income without serious financial costs. Start-up capital is minimal, equipment is simple. The technology of growing worms at home does not require special knowledge and skills.

For those who decide to start an entrepreneurial activity, selling worms is an excellent way to make a profit with a small starting capital. High profitability and steady demand will ensure the prosperity of your vermiferm. Learn the features of this process, invest some money and get a steady income.

Is there a demand for worm buyers?

Before opening a vermiferm (so called a place for breeding worms), study who needs your products. “Creeping Workers” provide several valuable products that can be implemented:

• actually living worms;
• vermicompost (fertilizer);
• worm tea (Vermichai).

For fertilizing the soil

Valuable organic fertilizer - vermicompost is in demand both by summer residents and large farms. Biohumus increases soil fertility, enriches it with useful substances.

Start with small volumes. Use humus yourself and sell to neighbors in the country. The expansion of production will allow reaching more respectable customers.

For fishing

Rarely now you will meet a fisherman who spends time searching for worms for the upcoming fishing, digging the soil. Most prefer to come and buy bait in fishing stores. The life expectancy of worms is large, demand is steady. One individual can be sold at 2 rubles. And how many worms do you need for fishing? At least 30 pieces. You will sell several packages per day. The conclusion is obvious.

At the pet store

Birds, fish and other inhabitants of the pet store constantly need live food. Worms will be taken from you with great pleasure.

For fish farms

Owners of fish farms need a lot of live feed. The high nutritional value of the worms explains the need for vermiferm products.

For plant nutrition

Worm tea  - a unique product that allows you to increase the yield of fruit and vegetable crops by more than 2 times. Those who will also become your customers. The waste product of the worms is collected in a container. Natural fertilizer can be used for indoor plants and for open and closed ground (in greenhouses).

About the production of vermicompost and its relevance is described in this video:

Technology basics

The scheme is as follows:

• Preparing the habitat of your "pets".
• Purchase of breeding stock consisting of adults, fry and cocoons of worms.
• Settling a family in a prepared "house".
• Processing compost worms and turning the latter after a certain period of time into vermicompost.
• Propagation of worms.
• Collection of fertile layer, worm tea, live individuals for sale.
• Adding a new layer of nutrient bedding that serves as food for the worms.
• The process begins anew.

Nuances and secrets in the process of breeding worms

Consider the features of the life of the worms. Your task is to create comfortable conditions for their life and reproduction. A quiet, calm place without vibrations and noises will help to achieve good results.

The soil

It is not enough just to fill the earth in a box, populate the worms and wait for their quick reproduction. The soil in which they live can be divided into three zones:

• Upper layer  - a place of food. It will require soil enriched with nutrients and organic residues;
• Middle layer - the space where the bulk of individuals live;
• bottom layer  - the most valuable. Here, soil processing products and derivatives of vital activity are accumulating: biohumus and worm tea.

Temperature

Observe the temperature conditions in the room. The optimum air temperature is from + 15C ... + 25C. There is a type of worms that breed well at a temperature of + 8C ... + 30C.

Room Area

Note: worms multiply rapidly. Think about whether you can increase the area of \u200b\u200bthe vermiferm. Harvest enough new "houses" for transplanting individuals.

Sale

Year-round cultivation of worms will require good distribution channels. Explore the market and potential buyers in your area, city, village. Focus on indicators: a stable family, having wintered in good conditions, will increase by almost 10 times!

Basic conditions for worm breeding - what is needed for this business

Examine each item carefully. Creating a home vermiferm is quite simple. The advice of specialists and experienced farmers will help you.

Even some retirees plan to open a business in breeding California worms, the main thing is to study the technology and put it into practice, as described in this video:

What room can be used, requirements for it

Any heated room with normal humidity is suitable:

• garage;
• cellar;
• attic;
• outbuilding.

Below + 4C air temperature should not fall. The worms hibernate. At temperatures above + 36 ° C, individuals will die.

What types of worms are best used and why

Various types of worms are suitable for home vermiferm. Pay attention to popular varieties.

Ordinary earthworm

Local worms, well adapted to the habitat, are used because of their rapid adaptation to the conditions of a closed farm in their native soil. Reproduction will begin faster. The disadvantage is that vital activity is lower than that of stronger "thoroughbred" species.

California Red Worm (HRC)

Popular view. When buying, make sure that the individuals are mobile and red. Breeding stock should be from 1500 individuals or more. 1 cubic meter of soil will require from 1 to 3 families.

It multiplies rapidly, provides high-quality biohumus. Not picky about food. It does not tolerate temperatures well below + 10C.

Worm Miner

A direct competitor to the famous California counterpart. High activity, the ability to process feed in a high-quality manner, and the rapid growth of biomass are distinguished by the Statel type.

It tolerates temperatures from + 9C to + 28C. From 1000 kg of substrate, the yield of vermicompost reaches 60%.

Give preference to industrial types of worms: the HRC or the Prospector. Productivity is higher than that of a conventional earthworm.

What equipment will be needed

To organize a small home vermiferm you need a minimum amount of equipment and inventory:

• libra;
• sieve for sifting;
• wheelbarrow;
• bucket;
• shovel;
• pitchfork;
• instruments measuring the acidity of the soil and its temperature;
• room thermometer;
• shelving.

Make the main emphasis on the proper arrangement of collars, pits or boxes for growing worms and preparing compost.

What packaging and in which cases is better to use

Where to place newly acquired individuals and where to plant new families? At home, use several varieties of nurseries:

• Wooden box

Size: 1m x 2m x 0.5m. Boards - from 25 mm thick. The holes in the bottom will allow the outflow of valuable fluid. To collect it, the box is installed with a slight slope. Below you need a pallet for collecting vermicum. The cover is made of plywood and downed boards with holes for ventilation.

• Old fridge

All "entrails" are removed, the camera is installed with the door up. We need holes for ventilation in the door and walls. Be sure to set the "house" at an angle to the bars.

• Cardboard box

A great option to start an activity. The dimensions of the nursery box made of cardboard: 400 mm x 300 mm. Eco-friendly material breathes well. Worms feed on pieces of cardboard. The box is damp and thinner - bring a new one.

• Plastic container

There are many varieties: from a large flower pot to high-quality plastic containers of large sizes. Prerequisite: air access, otherwise the worms will suffocate in too moist soil. Drill holes in the walls and cover. Place a basin or drip tray for collecting vermicum.

• Special Vermicomposter

The most convenient and expensive version of equipment for breeding worms. Most small entrepreneurs use homemade options easier.

How is the vermicomposter arranged

Which soil is better to use and why

The activity of individuals, their reproduction and the rate of processing of organic waste depends on the quality of the soil.

Follow the rules:

• half of the tank fill with a layer of humus. You can add a little shredded cardboard;
• moisten the mixture. Humidity should not exceed 70-80%;
• after 2-3 days, make several depressions in the soil, populate the worms with part of the soil in which they lived before being transplanted into a box;
• smoothly level, moisten the soil. Cover the "house" with cardboard;
• wait a couple of days;
• after successful acclimatization, feed can be added.

Always carry out a test check-in in a small container. Place from 50 to 100 individuals on a substrate. After a day, check if they are alive. This will let you know if your pets are soothed with acidity.

Optimal indicator:

• from 6.5 to 7.5 pH.

A few dead worms are a signal for a change in acidity.

Improve performance will help:

• sawdust or straw;
• tops of plants.

To reduce acidity are suitable:

• ordinary chalk;
• ground shell;
• limestone.

What and how to feed the worms

All types of worms do not have special food requirements. The value of worms is that they accelerate the processing of waste rotting on your site in a compost heap for 1.5 - 2 years, several times. Biohumus for sale and grown worms can be harvested every 4-6 weeks.

Basic feeding rules

Worms feed on novice rot and dead plant debris.

Prohibited:

• meat waste;
• citrus. Increase acidity;
• not diluted kefir. Increases soil acidity, which leads to mold;
• whole peel of vegetables or fruits, bits (freeze or skip the cleaners through a meat grinder to destroy cell walls);
• fresh manure. Rotting substance generates a large amount of heat. The temperature will rise to 70C, the worms will die.

• plant residues: cabbage leaves, potato peeling, banana peel, boiled vegetables;
• food waste;
• stale bread, pastries;
• tea leaves and coffee grounds;
• egg shell powder;
• water with which you rinsed a can of sour cream or kefir;
• grass, leaves, straw;
• fermented manure (cow, horse), chicken droppings. Important: in very old manure, few nutrients remain.

A new portion of food is added after everything is eaten. Excess food waste leads to increased acidity and fermentation in the soil.

What packaging options for transferring worms to customers can be used

Products are packaged in:

• dense plastic bags measuring 150mm x 100mm with holes for breathing worms. Store at a temperature approaching the lower mark. So the worms will be less mobile. A sufficient layer of soil is required. Convenient for fishing shops or individual fishermen;
• cardboard boxes. Box weight - within 8 kg. A sufficient layer of substrate is required. Uterine families tolerate transportation well. The transfer method is suitable for large consignments.

Please note: you must send the buyer a uterine family, consisting of cocoons, fry and adults.

Worm Implementation Options

Use all channels to attract potential buyers. People should learn as much as possible about your products.

How to sell:

• Direct sales method. Go with the goods and offer to the shops “everything for fishing”, to pet shops, familiar fishermen, neighbors in the country, farmers. Vermicay is readily taken by amateur gardeners and avid summer residents.
• Advertising on the Internet: on free bulletin boards like Avito, in social networks, on a farmer or fishing site. Perhaps you have your own website? Use this pad too.

Estimated Estimated Business Profitability

Breeding worms as a business is a profitable investment. With 2 cubic meters of nursery per year of successful work, you can get up to 15-20 thousand individuals for sale and about a ton of vermicompost. Only 2 rubles per 1 unit - and you already have 40 thousand rubles. Add the value of vermicompost and vermicompost.

Given the small initial investment, the breakeven point will be passed quickly -

For those who decide to grow worms for sale, it would be advisable to start with a small home farm in an old refrigerator or wooden box.

Having fully mastered the technology, having studied in practice the nuances of the case, "having recruited" customers, you will be able to expand and organize a vermi-farm on an industrial scale. More substantial investments will be required. At this stage, you can prepare a business plan for breeding worms in order to optimize processes and attract additional funds for development.

A home mini-farm will make it possible to build up enough capital to open serious production.

Now you know that breeding worms as a business is a profitable and environmentally friendly business for you. Learn technology, establish sales channels - and your business will flourish.

Discussion (20)

Hello, I am going to start this business with minimal costs (One uterine seed) and further development. I’ve been studying this issue for a long time, and your article is very good, but I can’t find where to find information about how much manure (cattle) should lie down before the urea leaves and how to speed up this process. I would be very grateful if you help or tell me the necessary literature on which you can prepare in more detail and correctly !!!

I did not know that worms can hibernate at sub-zero temperatures. In our city, a lot of people sell worms right on the highway when we go to visit another city. And not only in the summer. It can be seen that it is very profitable, and the troubles are minimal, especially in the summer. My husband sometimes buys from me, mainly in autumn and winter. And in the summer he digs himself.

Good deed. First of all, restoration of ecology, restoration of the humus layer of the soil. Mother Earth will be healthy and grace to humanity. With a good alignment and proper balance of power, sweat laboring rain will pour in gold.

Subject to the availability of a personal subsidiary farm, it is sufficient to invest no more than 50 thousand rubles in a home-based worm breeding business. The main expenses will be spent on the purchase of the brood stock and the manufacture of boxes with substance for the winter maintenance of worms. Also, depending on the scale of production, the availability of an appropriate feed base is necessary. Otherwise, the business will not be profitable.

I'm on retirement. Tired of traveling on shifts! Maybe worm breeding too? The son has come up with an idea today. I don’t know how to be! Can try?

I breed worms in the basement of my house. Started with a small volume. First, a tray near a paid lake - not far from my village. Now there is a circle of their customers. To retirement, the supplement is not bad. Many fishermen call in for bait. Especially in winter and early spring, demand is good.

By the way, I have been doing this business for about 5 years now, breeding worms for fishing, in my summer cottage. The business is excellent, no investments, only naturally it takes time. I also keep a tent in the market to sell worms, they disperse very well! Already have their own clientele.

Yes, the business is specific. Well, if such products are in steady demand, and you must live at least in a private house. This is definitely an amateur, although there will certainly be a demand for such exotic.

I could not get past this topic, because I remember a real example from the late 90s, when our friend was able to unwind and rise from scratch in this business. Now this is a seasoned businessman. And then it was an ordinary teacher of labor in vocational schools, then state employees were not paid salaries for several months, and even then, if payments were expected, they were a penny. For which you can’t feed your family. And he decided to grow worms, and right here in the vocational school, in the back room. The director was aware, but turned a blind eye to this, then everyone survived as best they could.
I remember how we all walked and looked at these worms, if I’m not mistaken, they were California red (I remember exactly that they weren’t the usual rain). Guys teased our businessman, women fuked and turned up their noses. Nevertheless, he borrowed everything from salary to salary, since the profit from this business was obvious, he sold it to pet shops, gardeners, gardeners, fishermen, he did not break the price, and they took it with pleasure.
  And he was busy with them, as with small children. And he constantly monitored the temperature, set the boxes with the material at different levels, and observed the ventilation modes. Once there was a tragedy that derailed his business - they told him that they needed to add eggshells to the ground for food. But they didn’t specify that it should be finely ground, just in flour. And he threw it into the ground, just crumpled, the worms simply cut themselves when moving in the soil. This is now a lot of information on the Internet, and such errors can be avoided, and then our businessman collected information bit by bit from the same amateur businessmen in magazines and called up them around the country.
  What am I leading to - this business is really profitable, the sales market is huge and wide, there would be a desire. But do not classify it as one of the easy and quick-returning ones; there are risks, as in any business.
  But, something that does not require a huge start-up capital and even a pensioner in strength is obvious.

It would not even have crossed my mind to make worm farming. I read the full article, everything turned out to be more than real. But I don’t think that from this lesson there will be a constant stable income, so you can do this as a hobby, in your free time or for pensioners in order to earn extra money and not sit idle. By the way, I think it’s better to breed worms in the city, because for the sale of “finished” products it is better to have regular customers who are unlikely to go to your village for a can of worms. But still, the income from this may well be, and if you wish, you can carefully study all the points and nuances and try to make money on it

Very interesting type of business.
  Low cost, simple and cost effective.
  The pitfall of this business, I think, will be the sale of products in Russia.
  As I understood from the article, everything is happening in Latvia.
  But what about our 35 degree frosts (I live in the northwest)?
  Thank you very much for the valuable information.

It seemed to me that in our small town there was nothing to do, all the ideas had already been sorted out, but there were some unexpected methods, and you had to think of such a simple solution! We need to think carefully about this, of course, some pitfalls will come up, but I think everything is completely solvable. The main thing is that no one is engaged in such a business so far, so we must hurry. As they say - everything ingenious is simple!

Breeding earthworms for processing organic waste, obtaining organic fertilizers and biologically active substances has long left the stage of pilot development and has become a large-scale business. A lot of companies of various scales have been created and successfully work all over the world.

Before you start a business on worms, you need to understand the essence of vermicultivation, study their life in nature, deal with the best conditions for reproduction and have access to a constant source of organic waste.

What You Need to Know About California Worms

Earthworms are very ancient soil invertebrates, the most numerous on earth. The most popular and widespread type of earthworms that people in non-hot countries cultivate is the dung worm Eisenia fetida. The California Red Worm (Eisenia Andrei) is its subspecies (Eisenia fetida Andrei). Other species grow and reproduce more slowly, and therefore are rarely used in vermiculture.

California red worms are able to process any organic matter (manure, kitchen waste, sewage sludge, last year's foliage, paper and much more), reproduce very quickly (100 times faster than other species) and live 4 times longer compared to wild worms . California, like other earthworms do not get sick, do not undergo epidemics. The life expectancy of California worms is at least 16 years.

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Factors affecting the rate of propagation of worms in an artificially created environment

California worms are only bought with the substrate. The seller must definitely ask what served as the worm feed before the sale. Approximately such feeding should be given the first time, smoothly transferring to new types of feed. It is necessary to provide the worms with proper nutrition and the necessary humidity, and they will not leave the substrate. The required amount of feed is determined from this calculation: 1 kg of worms eats 1 kg of waste per day.

In vermitechnology, proper substrate preparation for worms is very important. Waste is pre-fermented in piles on a flat surface. The size of the shoulders depends on whether mechanization is used, and are: width - from 1.7 to 2 m, height - from 1.5 to 2 m, the length of the shoulders depends on the size of the plot for the worm farm.

The key factors that influence the rate of worm breeding are temperature, humidity, acidity and oxygen saturation of the substrate. The optimum temperature for commercial breeding of worms ranges from 15 to 21 degrees C. If the temperature of the substrate rises to a critical level of 30 degrees C, it is necessary to cool the substrate with water, otherwise the worms may die. The complete lack of oxygen in the substrate can lead to the death of the worms. The humidity of the substrate must be maintained in the range from 60 to 80%. It is necessary to remember about acidity: for the best growth indicators, ensure the acidity of the substrate in the range of 6.2-7.2 pH.

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Directions for breeding earthworms

Technological worms in the process of life process the substrate into two valuable products: the biomass of living worms and vermicompost (granular organic fertilizer). Based on this, the industrial cultivation of earthworms has two directions: vermicomposting and vermicultivation.

Vermicultivation - breeding earthworms in artificially created conditions. Grown worms can be implemented as:

• natural food of some domestic animals;
• very high-calorie, high-protein food - a valuable supplement for aquarium fish;
• bait for fishing;
• a mixture of biologically active substances for the enrichment of animal feed. The dry matter contains up to 60% of a complete protein, the level of essential amino acids of which is very high, 20-25% of fat with a high iodine content, a lot of vitamins and minerals;
• raw materials for the pharmaceutical industry.

As a result of studies of earthworms, enzymes that have powerful cleaning and disinfecting properties were isolated from tissues.

Vermicomposting is the use of the life activity of earthworms for the purpose of high-quality processing of organics. As a result of such processing, biohumus is formed - the most valuable fertilizer of plants.

Biohumus is used both by itself and its derivatives: liquid organic fertilizers and humic preparations. They can be used in agriculture to stimulate plant growth, to protect plants from diseases, to remove soil fatigue, as nutritious and very useful additives in feed mixtures and substrates.

Vermiculturing and vermicomposting are so closely interconnected that they make up a single process. Vermi production or earthworm business are simple and attractive technologies both for farmers and rural residents, and for townspeople. The biggest advantage of the worm business is that you can start with minimal investment. Having learned the proper handling of several hundred worms and having received offspring from them, you can acquire a large batch of worms. Creating and maintaining good conditions for the life of the worm will allow in the shortest possible time (no more than six months) to increase production several times.

Another area of \u200b\u200bbusiness for worms is the cultivation of ecologically clean crops. Vegetables grown on vermicompost are much higher than those grown on manure, and even more so on mineral fertilizers. More and more people are choosing organic foods.

When fishing, both artificial and natural types of lures are used. Regardless of the season and fishing method, the worm is not inferior to artificial bait. Not always in the store you can buy the necessary worm, and the price of such a purchase is too high.

Breeding worms at home is not a very difficult task, it is enough to have the necessary information.

Rules and features of breeding

Varieties and characteristics of worms:

The most popular in the field of worm breeding is the "prospector". This is a representative of a species of California red worms. Differs from brothers in a high level of productivity and fertility. He has a well-developed instinct for self-preservation. At low temperatures, the "prospector" burrows to a safe depth. The temperature range for propagation is from +8 to +29 ° C. An adult is capable of producing about 1,500 worms per year. The worm is unpretentious in food, quickly gets used to another type of food. Resistant to many types of diseases.

California Red Worm is easy to grow at home. He is less fruitful of his brethren. On average, 400 new individuals appear per year. An adult worm reaches 8 cm in length, weighing 1 g. Like the “prospector”, the main advantage is the speed of biomass production. The resulting biohumus has saturated enzymes, the maximum number of trace elements and active substances. A comfortable condition for the successful functioning of the red worm will be a temperature of 15-25 degrees and a relative humidity of the environment of 60%. In such conditions, he is able to live for about 16 years. The disadvantages of the California worm include pickiness in the choice of food, increased heat lovingness and the negative effects of direct sunlight.

The advantage of conventional earthworms is its good adaptation to the environment. This type of worm is considered a universal bait - more than a dozen different types of fish peck at it perfectly. The length of the grown worm reaches 15-30 cm, often there are specimens that have reached 40 cm. The main disadvantages are low life expectancy (up to 4 years), passivity in reproduction. Despite the shortcomings, earthworms are unpretentious in nutrition and have quite active growth.

The flour worm is the larva of a Khrushchak beetle. It tolerates temperature extremes and has a high breeding rate at home. For development, a comfortable temperature is 28 degrees, while the humidity should not fall below 50%. The choice of food is not whimsical.

This worm is a favorite delicacy of many fish. The yellow liquid inside it has a specific smell that drives the fish crazy. These worms are similar in appearance to red ones. The difference is in the conditions of detention. To create a habitat you need: sawdust, manure, fresh hay or straw, black soil, wet leaves. All this is mixed and well pressed. The greater the pressure of the soil, the more comfortable it is for worms to live there. They have no preferences for temperature conditions and high humidity.

In breeding, there are also specially bred worms for fishing - This type of worm reproduces sluggishly, but it has a very fleshy body structure. Care for them has certain difficulties associated with the constant maintenance of increased optimal living conditions.

Worm Nutrition

Worms feed on rotten or dead plant debris. It is recommended that they remove peeling potatoes, browned bread, cabbage leaves, a banana peel, kefir diluted with water, grass rotting straw, leftovers from tea or coffee, chicken droppings, manure, and boiled vegetables.

It is forbidden to add the following ingredients to the food of worms:

• meat-containing waste;
• peel of citrus;
• eggs
• fermented milk products (the acidity of the environment increases);
• fresh manure (emits fatal heat up to 70 ° C).

Before serving food, it is well crushed in a meat grinder. The composition of the feed must be constant. When changing nutrition, individuals must undergo adaptation for several weeks.

Putting a new serving of food is necessary 2-3 times a month. It all depends on the temperature regime - the warmer, the more and more worms consume food. Do not forget, excess food leads to soil fermentation, increasing its acidity.

Breeding worms

Worms are often purchased at pet stores, the Internet, and fishing stores. When making a purchase, special attention should be paid to their appearance and general condition. They must be active and solid color.

For 7 years of active passion for fishing, I have found dozens of ways to improve biting. I will give the most effective:

1. Nibble activator. This pheromone supplement lures fish the most in cold and warm water. .
2. Increase   sensitivity gear.  Read the relevant manuals for your particular gear type.
3. Based lures pheromones.

Settlement Technology and Worm Care Rules

You can breed worms not only in the village or in the country.  Any places are suitable for this without noise and unnecessary vibration: in an apartment on a balcony or in a "dark" room, in a garage, in a garden or other utility room. The main condition is compliance with the optimal temperature and sufficient humidity (70%). Unpleasant odors can be avoided by sprinkling food with earth or vermicompost.

To breed worms at home, you need to buy a vermicomposter or make a do-it-yourself worm. This design is a plastic or wooden box (box), about 40 cm high. Holes for ventilation should be provided in the breeding tank.

  Holes are drilled at the top of the box or lid. The design is installed at a slight slope, so that through the hole drilled in the bottom, merge, formed during the life of the worms, vermicite. An old refrigerator can act as a worm. He put the doors up, pre-drilling holes.

In the absence of a desire to make a worm, you can purchase a finished special product for growing worms - a vermicomposter. It is made in the form of two plastic boxes mounted one on top of the other. Both have ventilation holes and special slots on the bottom. A crane is mounted in the lower drawer located on the legs. It is used to drain the resulting vermicum.

After preparing the soil mixture, for 2-3 days they make a deepening in it and make the first tenants populate in the vulture. After evenly distribute the soil and close the lid. Add food two days after check-in.

In order to know the required level of soil acidity, we make a test settlement in a smaller container.  For the cultivation of worms, the optimum acidity of the soil mix will fluctuate in the range of 6.6-7.7 rN. With greater acidity, the worms begin to die. Reduce its level by adding eggshell, chalk or limestone to the soil. To increase acidity, sawdust, straw or plant remains are used.

If within a week the surface of the substrate is clean, and the worms are actively mobile, the settlement was successful.

Feeding the worms is done every 1.5-2 weeks. The food is applied evenly over the entire surface of the box 5-7 cm thick. Under favorable conditions, the worms breed very quickly, so you need to have pre-prepared worms for relocation. Constantly monitor humidity. The watering procedure is carried out with warm (room temperature +24 ° C) water, using a watering can with small holes.

When the substrate layer is more than 20 cm, loosening is necessary to enrich the soil with oxygen. Mixing is carried out with a special pitchfork or other tool with rounded ends. This procedure should be performed twice a week.

As a result of the life of the worms, the soil in the box is divided into three zones. The top layer contains nutrients. A layer in the middle is used by adults for housing. All products of their active processing are collected in the lower layer, which is why it is so important. This layer increases over time. After 3-4 months, the worms are transplanted into a new container, together with a small part of the substrate of the lower layer. And the process begins anew.

Worm Reproduction

A new generation of worms emerges from cocoons. In a week, one female is able to lay off only one cocoon. A month later, newborn worms appear. On average, 20 worms hatch from a cocoon. In two months they grow to the size of an adult. During the year, the worm lays up to 24 cocoons. During the growth period, the worms actively eat, so they will have to feed more often.

Comfortable conditions for reproduction: temperature in the range from +20 to +24 degrees, humidity 70%.  It is advisable to keep different types of worms in separate boxes.

1. It’s better to cover the bottom of the box with a mesh, so it’s more convenient to sift the biohumus.
2. In one worm you can keep together earth and red worms.
3. Cow dung becomes nutritious only after 6 months.
4. The resulting vermicompost is effectively used to fertilize strawberries, vegetables in the greenhouse and indoor plants.
5. Some types of worms are used to get medication.

Empowerment in the modern world is pushing people to look for a variety of ways to make money. To achieve success, you should give up work on the boss and try to open your own business. The case related to agricultural activities is quite popular today, as it provides an opportunity for both additional and basic income.

One of the fairly profitable activities is breeding worms for fishing, and if fishing is a hobby, this activity will cause more interest.

The best option for a business in breeding worms is the type of "prospector", which is mastered by the market for a fairly short time.

Type of worms "prospector"

Perhaps many will wonder why risk and breed a new breed. The fact is that the previously popular red California worm is not quite adapted to the climatic characteristics of the Russian Federation, and especially to low temperatures.

The “prospectors” worm species is ideally suited for starting a worm business in harsh climatic conditions. Prospective worms have a self-preservation instinct. They delve into the soil to avoid cold.

This species is most suitable for breeding in rural areas of the country.

The target audience

At first glance, it seems that no one is interested in buying worms. But it is worth considering the diverse interests and activities of residents of the city and surrounding territories.

So, we can distinguish 3 main groups of customers with whom cooperation will be most beneficial.

I group.  This category includes people who want to open the same business. For novice farmers, it is necessary to purchase the brood stock of the prospector worm. Indeed, the number of such customers is insignificant. But here it is worth considering the cost of a family of worms.

II group.  The next category of clients is more extensive - it is gardeners, farmers and farmers. People employed in agriculture are interested in high-quality fertile soil. Worms, which are producers of vermicompost, help to fertilize the soil in a natural way. And if production is adjusted, this category may increase, thanks to large agricultural enterprises.

ІІІ group. Fishermen will be the first customers of a worm farm. Since many lovers of quiet hunting try to get the necessary bait, bait in the store, without wasting time and energy searching in the garden. If the quality of the goods sold is decent, the number of customers will increase rapidly.

Market analysis

Before implementing the prescribed business plan, you should test the opportunities and market demands in the city where you plan to place a worm farm.

To do this, you need to calculate the number of fishing stores. On average, there are 3-4 specialized shops in a town on the river bank with a population of about 40 thousand people. The need for worms in one such store is about 300 boxes per season. For such a volume of goods you can get an average of about 6 thousand rubles. The total income for the warm season will reach 30,000 rubles. Summer heat will save a professional manufacturer from competitors.

And if for the calculations we take a city with a million people, then revenues increase several times and reach more than a million rubles. Moreover, dung heaps cannot be found there.

If raising worms is raised to a higher level and trying to provide not only the regional center, but also nearby settlements, then the revenue can be doubled.

If there are fears and a huge number of questions, it is very easy to conduct monitoring via the Internet. Place an ad on a popular website for the sale of worms in bulk, for example, 1 kg per 1000 rubles. Retailing is twice as expensive. Thus, it turns out to monitor the demand for the proposed product.

How to start a worm business?

If you understand the market and the idea can be implemented. The question arises: what is required to start?

To implement a business plan, a land plot and worm families for breeding are needed. On average, about five families of worms are needed, which will require an investment of about 10,000 rubles. The number of families depends on the size of the land.

The area for the worm farm is calculated as follows. For 50 thousand worms need 1 square. m

Important! After a year, the number of worms reaches 5 million, due to their high productivity. For so many worms, about 100 square meters are required. m. of land.

Worms can be grown in open ground. But you should consider the possible slowdown in production during the cold season. As the worms become lethargic and hide deeper.

To avoid deterioration in quantitative indicators, a farm should be equipped with the ability to maintain the required temperature. The optimum temperature for high performance becomes about 25 ° C and not lower than 10 ° C.

What is necessary for the life of the worms?

• Manure. Worms feed on animal waste products. Dung can easily be found in the countryside. Pay only shipping.
• Waste. For the nutrition of new pets, leftover food is suitable. But keep in mind that they should begin to rot and be natural.
• Water. Only pure water is suitable for worms, free of chlorine and chemicals. Rain or river water is ideal.
• Silence and peace.
• Fresh air.

Secrets of Success

• The number of worms per 1 sq.m. should not exceed more than 20 thousand individuals.
• Soil moisture should reach up to 85%.
• To ensure free circulation of air, it is necessary to mix manure with straw in a ratio of 1: 1.
• To activate the reproduction of worms, feeding should be increased.
• Ensuring optimum temperature.
• To prepare the worm for fishing, you should feed it with the rest of the fruit and a mixture of parsley and dill. Thus, the quality of the worm will improve and attract fish to the hook.

The worm breeding business has its difficulties, but you are determined to do this and you will find your own ways to solve these issues.

Labor, rationality and the right approach will help to achieve success and earn the first million.